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Recent Examples of side effect
The next steps for the company include demonstrating that the drug could be easily manufactured in large quantities — not just small samples for the lab — and human trials to study potential negative side effects.
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Plus, the small patch enables targeted treatment on a small area of the skin, and that could reduce the chance of potential side effects.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
Federal regulators are confronting a new twist in drug development: manufacturers that include software with the medicine to prod patients to take pills as directed, manage side effects or track how well a treatment works.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Also, given the medicine isn’t designed to help with fertility and pregnancy, there could be harmful side effects.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Plus, the small patch enables targeted treatment on a small area of the skin, and that could reduce the chance of potential side effects.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
Federal regulators are confronting a new twist in drug development: manufacturers that include software with the medicine to prod patients to take pills as directed, manage side effects or track how well a treatment works.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Also, given the medicine isn’t designed to help with fertility and pregnancy, there could be harmful side effects.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for side effect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
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Of course this flow of funds out of Japan and into the dollar has clear and meaningful ramifications for the yen.Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, the case could have significant ramifications for how states consider race in drawing congressional districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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The violence of tourism—subtle and not so subtle—is the aftereffect of colonialism in an economy developed still to be extractive and to persist in forcing the local people into new forms of servitude.Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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The state is still grappling with the storm’s aftereffects and searching for missing people, but the Facebook post vastly overstates the loss of life, according to North Carolina officials.Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jaeger-LeCoultre has not only surpassed itself in terms of complexity, but has made this timepiece extremely wearable.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Also, explore cocktails featuring rare vintages like the Retrograde mixed with TIME : SPACE Mastery, a unique single malt with layers of complexity that embraces 200 years of history.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sure, by the end of the episode, the convolutions have begun to accumulate, but that just goes with the territory.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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The resulting structure, unlike a smooth seawall, is replete with nooks, crannies, and convolutions.Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
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The complications come as Meta’s rivals Google, Amazon and Microsoft have all struck deals to acquire nuclear power plants to continue building power-hungry AI models.Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Losing Prescott is sure to add some huge complications for the offense, but the Cowboys have Cooper Rush and Trey Lance to lean on while Prescott heals.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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